Reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the lower extremity in tetraplegia: Case report

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 239-242

  Lefkoe, Todd P ^a,b   Cardenas, Diana D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

lower extremities; pain syndromes; phenoxybenzamine; reflex sympathetic dystrophy; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 0029978924     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.44     Document Type: Article

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